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Robotics Worksheet: Sense, Think, Act

Robotics lesson 2: Sense, think, act · Set 852 · 40 questions
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Robot tip (The robot loop): Sense = taking in information with sensors (touch, light, sound, distance, camera). Think = the controller running the program and deciding. Act = doing something: motors move, a gripper grips, a buzzer beeps, a light shines. Then the loop starts again.

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  1. 1.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it plans the next move”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  2. 2.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a camera spots a wall (b) it decides to stop (c) a gyro feels a turn (d) an LED lights up
  3. 3.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a gyro feels a turn”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  4. 4.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it plans the next move (c) a bumper is pressed (d) a sensor checks distance
  5. 5.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) an LED lights up (c) a sensor reads light (d) a gyro feels a turn
  6. 6.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, what comes right after “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) the bumper is pressed (c) it drives on (d) the motors turn it
  7. 7.🧠 In which order does a robot work? (a) act → think → sense (b) think → act → sense (c) act → sense → think (d) sense → think → act
  8. 8.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a sensor reads light (b) it counts the boxes (c) the arm lifts a box (d) the robot turns left
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it compares two numbers (b) a mic hears a clap (c) it plans the next move (d) it decides to stop
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bumper is pressed (b) a sensor reads light (c) the arm lifts a box (d) a camera spots a wall
  11. 11.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it compares two numbers”? (a) act (b) sense (c) think
  12. 12.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a sensor reads light”? (a) think (b) sense (c) act
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) the wheels spin (c) a mic hears a clap (d) a bumper is pressed
  14. 14.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the gripper closes (c) the wheels spin (d) a camera spots a wall
  15. 15.True or false: when a camera spots a wall, the robot is sensing. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the robot turns left (b) it decides to stop (c) an LED lights up (d) the wheels spin
  17. 17.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the arm lifts a box”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  18. 18.🧠 Which part of a robot does the “think” job? (a) the frame (b) the bumper (c) the controller (d) the wheels
  19. 19.🧠 Sense, think or act: “it counts the boxes”? (a) act (b) think (c) sense
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) it decides to stop (b) it decides to turn (c) it compares two numbers (d) the robot turns left
  21. 21.Which of these shows that the robot is thinking (deciding)? (a) a mic hears a clap (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the wheels spin (d) it compares two numbers
  22. 22.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the FIRST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) it decides to turn (c) the controller reads it (d) it drives on
  23. 23.🧠 Sense, think or act: “the gripper closes”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  24. 24.🧠 A robot keeps repeating sense → think → act. This repeating is called … (a) a gear (b) a crash (c) a loop (d) a battery
  25. 25.True or false: when a sensor reads light, the robot is sensing. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the gripper closes (b) an LED lights up (c) the robot turns left (d) it compares two numbers
  27. 27.🧠 Sense, think or act: “an LED lights up”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  28. 28.🧠 Sense, think or act: “a bumper is pressed”? (a) sense (b) think (c) act
  29. 29.Which of these shows that the robot is sensing? (a) it compares two numbers (b) it plans the next move (c) it decides to stop (d) a sensor checks distance
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a sensor reads light (b) a mic hears a clap (c) a camera spots a wall (d) it decides to turn
  31. 31.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which is the LAST step? (a) the bumper is pressed (b) the controller reads it (c) the motors turn it (d) it drives on
  32. 32.True or false: when the robot turns left, the robot is acting. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the arm lifts a box (b) the wheels spin (c) the program picks a path (d) the robot turns left
  34. 34.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to stop (b) a camera spots a wall (c) the arm lifts a box (d) it decides to turn
  35. 35.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “it decides to turn” or “the bumper is pressed”? (a) it decides to turn (b) the bumper is pressed
  36. 36.Which of these shows that the robot is acting? (a) it decides to turn (b) it decides to stop (c) the robot turns left (d) it counts the boxes
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a gyro feels a turn (b) a buzzer beeps (c) a camera spots a wall (d) a bumper is pressed
  38. 38.True or false: when the program picks a path, the robot is thinking (deciding). (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🧠 Which parts do the “act” job? (a) the camera (b) the sensors (c) the program (d) the motors
  40. 40.🔢 To make a robot vacuum avoid a chair, which comes first: “the controller reads it” or “it decides to turn”? (a) the controller reads it (b) it decides to turn

Answer key

  1. think
  2. it decides to stop
  3. sense
  4. it plans the next move
  5. an LED lights up
  6. the motors turn it
  7. sense → think → act
  8. it counts the boxes
  9. a mic hears a clap
  10. the arm lifts a box
  11. think
  12. sense
  13. the wheels spin
  14. a camera spots a wall
  15. True
  16. it decides to stop
  17. act
  18. the controller
  19. think
  20. the robot turns left
  21. it compares two numbers
  22. the bumper is pressed
  23. act
  24. a loop
  25. True
  26. it compares two numbers
  27. act
  28. sense
  29. a sensor checks distance
  30. it decides to turn
  31. it drives on
  32. True
  33. the program picks a path
  34. the arm lifts a box
  35. the bumper is pressed
  36. the robot turns left
  37. a buzzer beeps
  38. True
  39. the motors
  40. the controller reads it

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